When it comes to describing a perfect birthday party, the answers will depend on the person's preferences, age, hobbies, and so on. Most of the time, birthdays are quite similar, and you can rarely get any surprises, yet very few might stay in your memory forever.
From horribly distasteful to straight-up scary, these people shared photos of a birthday party that stuck with them. Some images are from childhood parties where the parents made questionable decisions, some are just hilarious fails, and the rest are of outrageously weird choices for a birthday cake.
Either way, hopefully, these people had a special day nonetheless, and for us, it’s just another reason to get a good laugh.

#1 The Worst Birthday Party Ever

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#2 So My Mom Made This For My 7-Year-Old Niece's Birthday. She Said, "They're Taking A Bubble Bath"

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#3 Happy Birthday, Richard

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#4 This Was The Entertainment For My First Birthday Party. I'm The One In The Overalls

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#5 Strange Place To Have A Birthday Party

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#6 The Youth Are Our Future

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#7 Costco-Themed Birthday Party Was A Smashing Success

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#8 My Best Friend's Birthday Cake

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#9 My Mom Paid A Stranger To Be A Clown At My Sister's Birthday. This Image Still Haunts Me

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#10 Last Weekend, I Inadvertently Attended An 11-Year-Old's Playboy-Themed Birthday Party

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#11 What The Hell, Buca Di Beppo? Who Wants Their Kid's Birthday Party Overseen By The Pope?

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#12 Happy 14th Birthday. Let's Get Your First Tattoo. Love, Mom

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#13 Birthday Party At Costco? I Went Through The Exit And Did A Double-Take. There Was A Full-On Birthday Party With Balloons And A "Happy Birthday" Tablecloth

I’m sure this isn’t the oddest celebration at Costco. It was just a big surprise.

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#14 Happy 1st Birthday To Our Baby. Jai's Got This Social Distancing Gig Down Packed

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#15 Not Sure Who I Feel Most Sorry For: The Birthday Boy, The Guests, Or The Cake

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#16 A 16-Year-Old Boy's Birthday Cake With An E-Cigarette Decoration, Posted By His Mother

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#17 Worn To A 5-Year-Old’s Birthday Party

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#18 My Friends Made Me A Birthday Cake This Weekend

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#19 Let's Just Take A Hand-Bra Picture At The Beach Next To My Dad And Friend To Show My Gratitude Toward Him On His Birthday

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#20 An 80th Birthday Cake Was Shared On A Local Facebook Page To Advertise The Bakery. Just A Bit Tacky

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#21 Evidently, This Was Rented For Some Guy's 75th Birthday. He Actually Looked Pretty Thrilled About It

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#22 My Son Loves Trash Cans And Garbage Trucks, So For His 2nd Birthday I Made Him A Dumpster Cake

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#23 Worst Birthday Party Venue Of The Week

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#24 My Sausage And Mashed Potato Birthday Cake

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#25 The Theme For This 1-Year-Old’s Birthday Is “Pizza Party” And Not “Let’s Cut The Baby Up” Like I Originally Thought, Thanks To The Writing On The Balloon Wall

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#26 This Birthday Cake

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#27 A Little Bit Of Self-Cringe From My 18th Birthday Party

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#28 What A Fantastic Way To Behave At Your 7-Year-Old's Birthday Party

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#29 I Saw This On Facebook. Mother Gets Her Teenage Son Tattooed For His Birthday

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#30 What The Heck

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#31 How Entitled Some People Can Be

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#32 Because Encouraging Your Underage Child To Drink Is So Cool

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#33 What A Mild Inconvenience

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#34 Today Was My Friend's 30th Birthday. This Was His Cake

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#35 I'm Unfortunately Friends With The Person This "Cake" Was Made For. They Just Turned 16 A Few Days Ago And Posted This On Facebook, Which Caused Me To Gag

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#36 When You Want To Wish A Kid A Happy Birthday But You’re A Giant Rat

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#37 This Nightmare Fuel Birthday Party

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#38 I Want To Show My Father Entertaining My Childhood Birthday Parties

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#39 Someone I'm Friends With On Facebook Is Begging People To Send Her Money For Her Birthday

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#40 No Way

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